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choices and actions affect students, parents, and other professionals in the
1. Fully state the standard in bold text. Then write a paragraph explaining your
knowledge and understanding of that standard—put the standard into your own
words.
constructive criticism and adopt their teaching methods in order to become a more
effective teacher. Although these suggestions for improvement may come from
supervisors or fellow teachers, I think the most important reflection comes from
within. After a lesson, it is important for a teacher to go back through and make notes
regarding what things went well, which approaches need some improvement, and how
they plan to adjust the lesson in the future in order to make it more successful. I think
this also applies to the classroom management within the lesson or even throughout
“in-between” times. If a student does not respond to a polite request to halt all side
approach. Finally, when dealing with parents and other professionals constant
mail in the manner you originally desired, change your approach to a phone call or a
note home in order find success. The same strategies apply when dealing with
not at the desired level then they must reevaluate their actions and approaches in order
2. Explain how the artifact you chose demonstrates your understanding and
The artifact I chose, my observation forms from my first and second formal
show how I reflected upon the suggestions made by my cooperating teaching and
form contained a lot of “Suggestions for Improvement”. While my first reaction was a
learning process and I must take every suggestion constructively. Before developing
the content of my next lesson, I sat down and read over my first observation form. I
tried thinking about the ways that I could improve my methods in order to better
benefit the students. This involved creating different ways to keep all students
really consider the learning speed and style of all of my students. After much thought
and consideration, I took a different approach while creating my next. The result was
observation form, “Wow! You took all the suggestions from the last lesson and
applied them to this lesson! I see a good teacher emerging!”. While I realize that this
is only one isolated incident, it made me realize how truly important it is to learn from
your experiences and to continue to make self-improvements for the benefit of the
to change in the future as I gain more experience as well as additional feedback from
my cooperating teachers and supervisors. I intend on going through the same process
after every lesson I teach. It is so important that I reflect on the pros and cons of each
will also use my reflection time to gather additional information from more
experienced teachers in order to gain some insight on the most effective methods as
well as to seek their general advice. Additionally, I intend to implement the reflecting
and improving process throughout my entire career as new methods are constantly
4. Conclude with a paragraph discussing how you are more prepared to Teach and
learn in a diverse society because constant reflection based not only on teaching
methods but also attitudes and behaviors is essential when dealing with students of all
different backgrounds. From my early field experience, I can already see how varying
approaches or even the way in which I present myself affects students differently
depending on their background and learning style. I feel as though self-reflections and
the different needs of all of my students. An element of research could also be added